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by javagram 6y ago
https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest-230300318.html https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest...
> Off Twitter, viral text messages of screenshots of doctored tweets have circulated throughout the country. Some of the false text messages claim that extremist groups are plotting to move into residential areas this week.
> Bot researchers call this kind of disinformation distribution "hidden viral" text messages, which go undetected on mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter and can spread like wildfire without moderation.
Should SMS/MMS messages also be censored by the phone companies?